NYSACHO’s Emergency Preparedness project is designed to support and enhance Local Health Department (LHD) planning and response to public health emergencies.

NYSACHO works to:

Facilitate communication between LHD leadership and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) relative to policy issues and progress towards meeting State and Federal emergency preparedness deliverables.

NYSACHO provides logistical and other support to maximize LHD participation in public health preparedness training and exercises in collaboration with NYSDOH.

Focus areas include:

Pandemic preparedness and response.

Mass fatality planning.

Community engagement to improve local planning related to vulnerable populations.